I spent the last night at Lahti Mukkula camping, where there was a gathering of "motorized families", which means Harley Davidson accompanied by their owners and their owners' children. That was something I've never seen (and heard) before. Especially heard, that is, it was definitely hard to fall sleep. And headache in the morning.
Watch the roadmap of the tour What a thunderstorm last night! Trees falling down, black outs, millions and millions of euros of damages. Well, not where I was yesterday night. Fortunately, because as a matter of fact in the forest I was, the thunderstorm broke out, with all the lightnings and the rest, but fortunately [...]
Watch the roadmap of the tour The hot weather of the last days wasn't enough, there was really need of breaking the all time record of temperature in Finland: today in Joensuu it has been 37,2 degrees centigrade, and I guess in Lappeenranta we haven't been far from that. Fortunately museums and supermarkets have air [...]
Lauloi päivät pääksytysten, yhytysten yöt saneli: päätyi päivä kuulemahan, kuu kulta tähyämähän; aallot seisottui selällä, lainehet lahen perällä; puuttui virrat vierimästä, Rutjan koski kuohumasta, vuotamasta Vuoksen koski, joki Juortanin pysähtyi. Sings one day, and then a second, Sings a third from dawn till evening, Sings from evening till the morning; Listen all the stars of [...]
Watch the roadmap of the tour Today the temperature has overcome my personal threshold. Don't know whether it was above 30 or not, but after the strong thunderstorm of the last night, today there were no clouds and no wind. And a huge shining sun just over my head. I was really boiling. I think [...]
Watch the roadmap of the tour As I felt a bit tired after cycling uphill and downhill for so many days, I ended up taking a two-day break in Savonlinna. Also because the day before yesterday had been rainy until the afternoon, so I didn't actually visited the town, but I did manage to go [...]
Watch the roadmap of the tour If I think back of all the places I've visited during this journey up to now, I'd say the first one I'd like to see again is Puumala. This little town with its houses that climb from the lakeside up to the top of the hill is a real [...]
Watch the route up to day 18 Watch the route from day 19 to 28 Watch the route from day 28 to 30 Good feelings also today. Leaving Mikkeli the scenery changed once again its shape as I was getting further deep in the lake area. This doesn't mean flat roads at all, the music [...]
Watch the route up to day 18 Watch the route from day 19 to 28 Watch the route from day 28 to 29 After you've been on the road for some time you start to wonder what makes the difference between a good and a bad cycling day. I guess there are so many variables [...]
Watch the route up to day 18 Watch the route from day 19 to 28 Best night I've spent in the forest. Soft soil, nice sleep. That's the best rule. The second best rule: put on all your waterproof equipment you have with you, even if it's +30 degrees. That's the only way to get [...]
